Adventures in cooking and baking.
You need to try these stir-fried cellophane noodles with enoki mushrooms, carrots, and snow peas tossed in a flavorful sauce of chicken broth, soy sauce, garlic, and toasted sesame oil. They're soooo good!
The transparent noodles absorb the wonderful flavors from the sauce. This stir-fry is super easy and amazingly delicious.
Pane di Genzano is a wonderful soft country bread, ideal for a picnic in the Italian countryside with cheese and salami.
This Pane di Genzano comes with a crunchy and thick crust which belies its super soft interior.
This garlic and vegetable cheese spread is so flavorful on crackers, bagels, rye toast, and crudités.
This garlic and vegetable cheese spread is really easy to throw together at the last minute, yet it's elegant enough for a dinner party.
This cinnamon roll cake, filled with a cinnamon strawberry jam, is actually two giant cinnamon rolls stacked on top of each other and drizzled with a lemony glaze.
This "cake" begins with two eight-inch yeasted cinnamon rolls baked in cake pans. The rolls are filled with a cinnamon-y strawberry jam, rolled up, baked, and drizzled with a lemony cream cheese glaze.
These chouriço stuffed bolos do caco are a delicious twist on the traditional Madieran sweet potato flatbread.
Bolo do Caco originated in the Portuguese islands of Madiera, off of the coast of Africa. They are a flatbread that also includes sweet potatoes, which evidently do very well on the island and also help stretch a limited supply of wheat.
This El Pollo Loco Chicken Tortilla Soup is an amazing meal in a bowl.
I love, love, love this chicken tortilla soup. It's loaded with shredded chicken and pico de gallo, and is topped with crispy tortilla strips.
Cauliflower Cheese is a delicious dish of cauliflower baked in the cheesiest cheddar sauce until it is bubbly and golden.
Cauliflower cheese is the name for an English dish. No, it's not cheese made from cauliflower. It's cauliflower smothered in a sauce loaded with real cheddar cheese, and then baked. Along with the cheese, it's flavored with mustard powder and ground cayenne.
